Pacific League Rakuten 5-7 Nippon-Ham (17th, Rakuten Mobile)
The batting line tried to make a comeback in the final innings, but suffered two straight losses, widening the gap to third-place Orix, who are vying for a spot in the CS, by three games. Trailing by seven runs in the seventh inning with one out and a runner on first base, Voit hit a two-run home run over the left field fence, his fifth of the season, saying, “I came up to bat with the intention of connecting.” In the eighth inning, Muneyama and Kurokawa hit timely hits and Franco’s sacrifice fly to center field gave the team three runs, bringing the gap to within two, but they couldn’t catch up.
The starter Miguel Yajure pitcher was KO’d in the middle of the 3rd inning with a 6 hit 4 runs inning KO. This was the 3rd straight game in which he left the mound without lasting 5 innings, failing to fulfill his role as a starter. “I’m sorry I couldn’t pitch bring a flow to the team in an important game,” he said with regret. The relief pitchers also runs gave up 2 runs in the 5th inning and 1 runs in the 7th inning.
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Orix】Fourth place, lost to Rakuten four games in a row, three games closer again… Ryuhei Sotani is tied for worst of the season… runs “In a disappointing pitch…”
Orix】Five straight defeats in the mud, two straight late-inning comeback losses, ace Hiroya Miyagi also surrenders five innings, and fourth place Rakuten closes in on 2.5…
Seibu】Failing to fight back, we have lost 4 games in a row, tied for the worst this season, and are 4 games behind 5th place Rakuten Nishiguchi: “We have to win tomorrow”.
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